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Herkules Private Equity Fund III is to sell Gothia Financial Group to arvato, a business process outsourcing provider owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. Gothia is a European credit management solutions provider.
Herkules Private Equity Fund III acquired Gothia in 2008. During Herkules’ ownership the company has been transformed into having state of the art routines, reporting and internal processes. Furthermore, Gothia has driven significant top line growth with revenues more than doubling in the period. The main part of the increase relates to strong organic growth, especially within the administrative and financial services segment (AFS). In AFS Gothia has launched
KKR Asset Management has entered into an agreement with Uralita and its subsidiary, URSA Insulation, to provide a EUR320m seven-year facility to repay current lenders – both banks and noteholders – and to develop URSA’s pan-European insulation business.
The investment has been made through investment funds managed by KAM’s special situations business.
Uralita is a multinational company of building materials, and its insulation division, URSA, is a European company in the field of thermal and acoustic insulation in buildings. URSA is believed to be well positioned for the growth potential in the insulation market in Europe, based on
Prospects are clouded for Cyprus as a domicile for investment and transaction structures set up by entrepreneurs and investors from Russia and other eastern European countries such as Ukraine following a levy on bank deposits and capital controls imposed by the government as part of a package of measures to stabilise the country’s banking sector, says Olivier Sciales, founding partner, Chevalier & Sciales…
However, east European investors unsure about the long-term future of Cyprus as a financial centre have a choice of other jurisdictions within the European Union through which to channel investments either into EU countries or back into
The Abraaj Group has exited its investment in Thailand-based Unitrio Technology.
The group sold its stake in Unitrio to NTT Facilities (NTTF), a member of the Japanese Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), which provides engineering services for data centres, telecommunications, commercial buildings and related facilities.
Abraaj, through its first South East Asia Fund, acquired its stake in Unitrio in 2010. The investment in Unitrio was predicated on the increasing demand within Thailand for high quality data centres due to rapidly growing internet penetration rates, the proliferation of mobile and other devices, increasing virtualisation of IT infrastructure, and
Affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Double Eagle Energy have formed a partnership to invest in oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, with a primary focus on the Anadarko and Ardmore Basins.
Double Eagle, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, has an executive management team led by John Sellers, co-chief executive officer, and Cody Campbell, co-chief executive officer. They manage Double Eagle Development, which has leased more than 500,000 acres across Texas and the Midcontinent.
Campbell says: "John and I are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with Apollo, and believe that this new venture will provide a great
The First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund (FREIF I) and Renovalia Energy have expanded their Renovalia Reserve joint venture with the addition of two wind power plants in Southern Mexico.
The investments diversify the Renovalia Reserve portfolio beyond Europe into North America and nearly double the power capacity of the wind farm assets worldwide. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
“Adding wind power plants in Mexico to Renovalia Reserve’s portfolio is a natural extension of the company’s strategy,” says John Barry, managing director of First Reserve and member of the board of directors of Renovalia Reserve. “Growth
Joel Copp-Barton, European Equities Product Director at Invesco Perpetual, shares his views on Europe’s recovery…
Recent Purchasing Managers Index data is questioning the speed at which Europe can recover. The uncertainty caused by Italy failing to elect a government and the impact on short term confidence from the prolonged Cyprus bailout process undoubtedly weighed on these surveys in February and March. The flash estimate for April was the first overall reading which didn’t disappoint expectations for a couple of months, though it still stayed below the key 50 level, at which point economic growth tends to re-emerge.
The make-up of
Mobile recruitment specialist Assured Labor has closed a USD5.5m funding round led by Capital Indigo.
Capital Indigo joins existing investors Great Oaks Venture Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Kima Ventures, Enzyme Venture Capital, Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin.
“Our digital recruitment platform is taking off in Mexico and Brazil and we couldn’t be happier to add such an accomplished partner,” says David Reich, founder and chief executive of Assured Labor. “With over 1,000 employers joining Assured Labor each month, this investment will enable us to meet that demand by growing our engineering and sales teams while solidifying our market leadership
Datalogix has closed a USD25m Series B round of equity financing led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).
IVP joins existing investors General Catalyst, Sequel Venture Partners and Costanoa Venture Capital.
The financing will enable Datalogix to continue its rapid growth and accelerate adoption of its audience and measurement solutions across display, mobile, video, social and search channels. This will include investment in scaling its industry leading technology platform and geographic expansion.
The new funding round follows the closing of a record year for Datalogix, capped by a tripling of its digital business in March. In the past
Following approval from the French financial markets regulator (Autorité des Marchés Financiers or AMF), ACG Group has completed its acquisition of Groupama Private Equity with Groupama changing its name to ACG Capital as a result of the transaction.
The acquisition encompasses Quartilium’s funds of funds business (EUR1.4bn under management) and the mezzanine fund ActoMezz (EUR220m).
Groupama is a long-term partner of ACG Capital and retains all its investments in the funds managed by the company.
Aligning the interest of the asset management team and investors, ACG Group will continue to grow by constantly focusing on the quality
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